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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023

Variable Details

VariableHEAL2003
LabelHealth problems - 3
Question text Do you have... 1 problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with your arms or hands? 2 ...legs or feet? 3 ...back or neck? 4 difficulty in seeing (while wearing spectacles or contact lenses)? 5 difficulty in hearing? 6 a speech impediment? 7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies? 8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis? 9 heart, blood pressure or blood circulation problems? 10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems? 11 Diabetes? 12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety? 13 Epilepsy? 14 severe or specific learning difficulties? 15 mental illness or suffer from phobias, panics or other nervous disorders? 16 progressive illness not included elsewhere (eg cancer not included elsewhere, multiple sclerosis, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson's disease, Muscular Dystrophy)? 17 other health problems or disabilities? 18 Autism (including autism spectrum condition, Asperger syndrome)
Responses
1 problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) 258
2 legs or feet 358
3 back or neck 1148
4 difficulty in seeing (which wearing glasses or contact lense 125
5 difficulty in hearing 168
6 a speech impediment 29
7 severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies 185
8 chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis 325
9 heat, blood pressure or blood circulation problems 507
10 stomach, liver, kidney or digestive problems 318
11 diabetes 216
12 depression, bad nerves or anxiety 349
13 epilepsy 21
14 severe or specific learning difficulties 69
15 mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervo 160
16 progressive illness not included elsewhere 122
17 other health problems or disabilities 382
18 autism (including autism spectrum condition, asperger syndro 42
-9 Does not apply 41228
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July - September, 2023
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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